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chaperon 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. chaperone: accompany as a chaperone
  2. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
  3. A chaperone (or occasionally chaperon) is an adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing inappropriate social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior (e.g. ...
  4. Chaperon (Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. ...
  5. hat contrived from winding long 'liripipe' round cap, later made as complete headgear.
  6. The servant, mother, or married female family friend who supervised eligible young girls in public.
  7. A respectable older female companion to an unmarried or younger lady.